One of my most popular posts is on the possibility of Forever 21 coming to the Charleston Town Center. I haven't been able to get there recently until the past weekend. Some time ago, I had sent an email to someone in the PR office for the Town Center asking for a confirmation of the rumor but no one ever got back to me.
I managed to get to the Town Center Sunday with a friend of mine. I asked a few salespeople in different stores if they knew for sure if Forever 21 was really coming and while they had heard the rumor, nobody know for sure.
Of course, as soon as I hear something I'll let you all know. In the meantime, you can get your Forever 21 fix at the Morgantown Mall or Easton Town Center in Columbus.
Showing posts with label Charleston Town Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charleston Town Center. Show all posts
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Sephora Coming to Charleston & Other Mall News
Yesterday's announcement of White House|Black Market coming to Huntington hasn't been the only retail news in West Virginia as of late. Last week, the Charleston Town Center announced that anchor store JC Penney's was getting ready for a multi-million dollar renovation. According to to the Charleston Daily Mail, the renovations will be from "top to bottom" and will include a Sephora Inside JC Penney. It should be no surprise to anyone that I am a huge Sephora fan, so I'm more than excited to hear about this addition to the Charleston Town Center. A few years ago, JC Penney started to remodel its stores, and one of the first ones they did was at the Ashland Town Center, which also included a Sephora. Ashland is maybe 20-ish minutes from Huntington, and the mall there really isn't worth writing home about. At the time, the renovation seemed basically to showcase the American Living line, a sort of preppy-Americana brand. That same section now showcases the women's lingere...to show how well the American Living brand is doing. I'm more or less expecting the Charleston store to look very similar to the Ashland store.
While the JC Penney remodel is set in stone, I've heard a rumor that Forever 21 is looking to move in the Charleston Town Center. Personally, I'd rather have a Forever 21 in Huntington than White House|Black Market. For those who aren't familiar with Forever 21, it's a flash fashion store, meaning the stuff you saw on the catwalk two weeks ago will be in store this weekend. Prices are dirt cheap, but the quality is dirt cheap as well. You do get what you pay for: a cute dress that will last this season and that's it. They do carry a pretty good plus size line called Faith 21. All of the Forever 21 stores I have been in are huge, and I'm not 100% sure of where there might be that size available in the CTC. There's the old Steve & Barry's location on the east side of the mall, but it's been split into two different stores. One side is an inflatable bounce house place where you can hold a party, the other sells crap out of distribution catalogs, like fiber optic angel statues. I don't know what the leases are on those stores, but that's the only place I can think of where Forever 21 would want to move into.
The Huntington Mall is getting ready to do a multi-million dollar renovation in honor of its 30th anniversary. Basically, skylights are being put in, new flooring installed, remodeling the joke of a food court, and some other odds and ends. However, they are also going to put in two new stores. While I haven't heard any rumors of what might be going in those, I imagine it's not going to be anything to get excited over. Just throwing this out there, but I foresee a Talbot's Women and Petite. There's already a Talbot's there, and it doesn't carry the plus size or petite clothes.
My little sister asked me last night what other stores I could see moving into downtown Huntington after White House|Black Market. Off the top of my head...Urban Outfitters, and that's only if WH|BM does well. I think between Marshall, high schoolers, and people in the 24-40 age bracket there's enough population and interest to support an UO. Like Forever 21, most Urban Outfitters are fairly large stores. Most of the space in Pullman Square and across the street on Third Avenue is occupied. There's not enough draw to bring people to Fourth Avenue, and obviously location is key.
While the JC Penney remodel is set in stone, I've heard a rumor that Forever 21 is looking to move in the Charleston Town Center. Personally, I'd rather have a Forever 21 in Huntington than White House|Black Market. For those who aren't familiar with Forever 21, it's a flash fashion store, meaning the stuff you saw on the catwalk two weeks ago will be in store this weekend. Prices are dirt cheap, but the quality is dirt cheap as well. You do get what you pay for: a cute dress that will last this season and that's it. They do carry a pretty good plus size line called Faith 21. All of the Forever 21 stores I have been in are huge, and I'm not 100% sure of where there might be that size available in the CTC. There's the old Steve & Barry's location on the east side of the mall, but it's been split into two different stores. One side is an inflatable bounce house place where you can hold a party, the other sells crap out of distribution catalogs, like fiber optic angel statues. I don't know what the leases are on those stores, but that's the only place I can think of where Forever 21 would want to move into.
The Huntington Mall is getting ready to do a multi-million dollar renovation in honor of its 30th anniversary. Basically, skylights are being put in, new flooring installed, remodeling the joke of a food court, and some other odds and ends. However, they are also going to put in two new stores. While I haven't heard any rumors of what might be going in those, I imagine it's not going to be anything to get excited over. Just throwing this out there, but I foresee a Talbot's Women and Petite. There's already a Talbot's there, and it doesn't carry the plus size or petite clothes.
My little sister asked me last night what other stores I could see moving into downtown Huntington after White House|Black Market. Off the top of my head...Urban Outfitters, and that's only if WH|BM does well. I think between Marshall, high schoolers, and people in the 24-40 age bracket there's enough population and interest to support an UO. Like Forever 21, most Urban Outfitters are fairly large stores. Most of the space in Pullman Square and across the street on Third Avenue is occupied. There's not enough draw to bring people to Fourth Avenue, and obviously location is key.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Is Spring Coming Soon?
I work in the construction/contracting business when not going to school. Even though I don't actually build the houses or wire them, I still spend a fair amount outside mucking around job sites (come to think of it, every season is mucky in these parts). But with spring I get to get out of the office, out of my clunky Colombia snow boots, leave the Carhartt behind, and embrace color (and flowers!). Spring through fall, I get to focus almost entirely on landscape design, which I was never into before I took this job. After a gray winter, there's so much cheer on the faces of the pansies, the delicate lilac of a crocus, or the bright yellow of a daffodil. In short, I love spring.
In the winter/spring of 2009, I was doing some research for a personal project, and ended up spending massive hours at the Charleston Town Center. One of the things that stood out to me the most were the lack of pastels for the spring lines, and the introduction of lots of citron green and a bright colbalt blue. The citron green, which is similar to the color of Mountain Dew, took some time to grow on me, but it was love at first sight for the colbalt blue. I'm happy that these colors have stuck around, although I haven't seen as much as I would like to for this upcoming spring.
Once there's not quite so much snow on the ground, or I can write about dressing for spring without sighing, I'm going to do a week's worth of posts featuring shots from the Spring 2011 Fashion Weeks, and how to get the look without dropping too much money. Already starting to shop? Here's a short list of what to look for:
Pantone is a company that more or less regulated the science of colors. For example, if I were a fashion designer and wanted to paint my house the same color as a dress from my collection, I could tell the painters the Pantone code like the one above, and know I'll get the exact same color. Pantone has taken to naming a color of the year, and basically, that will be the color you'll see all year long on everything. Last year's color was turqouise, which to be fair, was already in vogue. This year is honeysuckle, a reddish pink that I'd actually call rose. My coworker calls it "coral minus the orange," which for some reason the guys in my office seem to understand. Because this is the "in" color, expect to see it for all seasons this year.
-Not into Honeysuckle? Look for citrus-y oranges and yellows as well.
-Still not into fruit salad colors? Fleshtone neutrals are another big trend.
-And if you're not into any of that...well, feathers are big. I really haven't looked at the malls or online, but they were all over the runway shows.
In the winter/spring of 2009, I was doing some research for a personal project, and ended up spending massive hours at the Charleston Town Center. One of the things that stood out to me the most were the lack of pastels for the spring lines, and the introduction of lots of citron green and a bright colbalt blue. The citron green, which is similar to the color of Mountain Dew, took some time to grow on me, but it was love at first sight for the colbalt blue. I'm happy that these colors have stuck around, although I haven't seen as much as I would like to for this upcoming spring.
Once there's not quite so much snow on the ground, or I can write about dressing for spring without sighing, I'm going to do a week's worth of posts featuring shots from the Spring 2011 Fashion Weeks, and how to get the look without dropping too much money. Already starting to shop? Here's a short list of what to look for:
Pantone is a company that more or less regulated the science of colors. For example, if I were a fashion designer and wanted to paint my house the same color as a dress from my collection, I could tell the painters the Pantone code like the one above, and know I'll get the exact same color. Pantone has taken to naming a color of the year, and basically, that will be the color you'll see all year long on everything. Last year's color was turqouise, which to be fair, was already in vogue. This year is honeysuckle, a reddish pink that I'd actually call rose. My coworker calls it "coral minus the orange," which for some reason the guys in my office seem to understand. Because this is the "in" color, expect to see it for all seasons this year.
-Not into Honeysuckle? Look for citrus-y oranges and yellows as well.
-Still not into fruit salad colors? Fleshtone neutrals are another big trend.
-And if you're not into any of that...well, feathers are big. I really haven't looked at the malls or online, but they were all over the runway shows.
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